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Article: LITIGATION: Gray adds colour to Eversheds' litigation group.
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- The Lawyer
- Article date:
- September 14, 2009
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When Eversheds named Ian Gray as its next London litigation chief, many assumed the post was only left vacant because the outgoing boss, John Heaps, wanted to move up the ladder. Almost two years later Gray has reshaped the practice, brought in some new blood and read the riot act to the bar.
The results can be seen in Eversheds' financials: at the 2006-07 year- end litigation turnover stood at #64.1m, the equivalent of 18 per cent of overall turnover. At the 2008-09 year-end the firm reported a litigation turnover of #104m, or 28 per cent of the firm's overall turnover of #365.9m.
It would be wrong to suggest this is purely because of the wider ...